About the Bibliography

The ICPSR Bibliography of Data-related Literature is a searchable database that contains over
60,000 citations of published and unpublished works resulting from analyses of data held in
the ICPSR archive. Developed with support from the National Science Foundation (SES-9977984), the
Bibliography represents over 50 years of scholarship in the quantitative social sciences,
extending from the inception of ICPSR in 1962 to the present.
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Find Publications

The ICPSR Bibliography of Data-related Literature is a continuously-updated database of thousands of
citations of works using data held in the ICPSR archive. The works include journal articles, books,
book chapters, government and agency reports, working papers, dissertations, conference papers, meeting
presentations, unpublished manuscripts, magazine and newspaper articles, and audiovisual materials.

What's Included in the Bibliography?

Data-related publications were collected as a resource for our data users; the Bibliography is our best attempt to gather all citations relating to ICPSR data, however:

This collection is not exhaustive.

Not all publications appearing in this collection will use the most recent version of the data. Oftentimes the version is not provided in a
publication, or else the version changed after the publication was added to the collection.

In the collection, there could be citations to publications that we have judged most likely analyzed data distributed at ICPSR, but we cannot
say for sure from the information provided.

The collection could contain citations to publications that analyzed data very similar to those at ICPSR, but that were clearly retrieved from
a different distributor. Such publications are included in the collection for the purposes of edification.

More information on the methods used to create the Bibliography can be found in our methodology.

Benefits of the Bibliography

The Bibliography facilitates literature searches by social scientists, students, journalists,
policymakers, and funding agencies. They use it to

Identify much of the research that has already been undertaken in an area

Replicate analyses of data

Avoid duplicating analysis that has already been done

Identify cross-disciplinary implications and uses of the data

The Bibliography is also valuable for studying data as intellectual output. It allows investigators to

Study how data resources are used

Conduct citations analyses

Investigate the life cycle of data

Learn more about methodological issues, some of which are covered solely in the published literature